Prima pars Epistolarum beati Hieronimi
Contributors: Laelius, Theodorus, 1427-1466; Kessler, Nikolaus, printer; St. Peter in Salzburg (Abbey); Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Nicolaus Kesler
Published: 1489
Place of publication: Basel, Switzerland
Language: lat
Subjects: Correspondence; Christian saints; Early works to 1800; Theology
Other titles: Secunda Pars Epistolarum beati Hieronimi
Work titles: Correspondence
Notes: Title from title page to v. 1.

Imprint from colophon (in verse), v. 2, leaf 2Q5 verso.

Vol. 1: [7], CCVIII [i.e. CCVI], [1] leaves; v. 2: [6], CCLXXI, [1] leaves.

Signatures: v. 1: a⁸ b-2d⁸/⁶ 2e-2g⁸ (2g8 blank).

Signatures: v. 2: j⁶ A⁸ B-L⁸/⁶ M-2O⁶/⁸ 2P-2Q⁶ (2Q6 blank).

Text in 2 columns; capital spaces, most with guide letters.

Small woodcut of St. Jerome kneeling before Christ on the Cross: v. 2, leaf j1v.

With the Tabula of Theodorus Laelius.

Printer's device at colophon.

LC copy bound in 1 v.  Has paragraph marks, initials, and capital strokes in red.  Opening initial, v. 1, leaf a8 decorated in colors.  Pages [2-3] of covers lines with parchment musical manuscript waste, using neumic notation.

Goff H-171

Hain 8559*

GW 12431

BM 15th cent., III, p. 768 (IB. 37615)

Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ih00171000

LC copy has inscription: Conuentij S. Petri Salisburgi; and bookplate: Monasterii ad sanctum Petrum Salisburgi.